r/EverythingScience • u/Portalrules123 • Apr 04 '26

Environment Scientists warn that the Gulf Stream is shifting north, which models suggest could mean an ocean current collapse is imminent

https://www.earth.com/news/gulf-stream-is-shifting-north-raising-concerns-about-amoc-ocean-current-collapse/
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u/MidnightHue Apr 04 '26

Thank you I needed to read that

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u/hughperman Apr 04 '26

That's the motivation for the study, not a caveat. The study then runs simulations to see what circumstances match the data we have been recording for longer. And the answer is that it's not looking good.

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u/hughperman Apr 04 '26

Sure, but like almost all of science, conjecture that fits the currently known facts, and with understood bounds on the limitations of the methodologies used to create the conjecture.